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    My HD got smaller after :)

    I will change it to NTFS asap then Thank you very much for your help.
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    No special reason. Thinking if Primary is NTFS so the secondary partitions should be FAT32. BTW: why is NTFS format better ? (I can change that in a flash) What's negative about FAT32? TIA Ivone
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    All done. The problem with the last partion was marked as Primary and the XP Disk managment won't touch it. I had to use another program to change it to Logical and then everything fell in place. Now I have: C: 39GB Primary NTFS (XP) (easy backup or mirror) D: 50GB Logical FAT32 (for my...
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    I found it no problem, but I am stuck big time. Let me expalain. I can see all 4 partitions. I have: C: 39.06 GB NTFS D: 39.06 GB 49.87 GB Free space 21.05 GB Unallocated C: 39.06 GB NTFS (leave XP alone - as is) D: 50.00 GB like to make it bigger and have to change the format...
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    Wireless monitor adapter

    Does anything exist yet to make my desktop monitor wireless. Like via USB or something? I hate all the wires..... TIA The same goes for printer scanner and rest of it.
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    Took me 1 hr to downlod the sp2 patch, but it was worth it. Itt works! Now I can see: C: 39.06 GB NTFS D: 39.06 GB 49.87 GB Free space 21.05 GB Unallocated Back to drawing board and get Acronis do the magic or can I use Xp to do it. If yes, how? E: & F: has to be format to? I...
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    I am downloding the sp2 right now. Hope it will work. If not, technician can have a look. I just do it, becouse I am curious and like to make it happen (almost there). If not, oh well. cook some dinner instead :) Thank you all for your help.
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    I see: C: 39.06 GB NTFS D: 39.06 GB (I created this partition for future Vista, but it's not formated yet) 49.87 GB Free space (haven't done anything to this yet) I have 160 GB HD - I promise
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    I'll be honest. Friend left his XPcd and I installed from his. Just cheked via My computer and it's XP pro - not sp2 I do have ORIGINAL window XP pro sp2 right front of me, but changed the case (me or ?) and don't have the serial # (just very fancy CD) Probably I can get it from...
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    I just check and I have: WindowXP professional service pack 2 What's the solution now? TIA
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    Thank you both. Now, I am more confused (sp1 or sp2) The particion I made with Acronis was formated NTFS. TIA
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    My HD got smaller after :)

    Hello everyone, Got a new PC that had installed Vista Home and HD160GB I didn't like to much Vista, so I decided to install XP. Figured two bootup partitions will be nice and maybe one day I will go Vista, but in the mean time XP will be fine. To do that I had to get Acronis and I...